It's not that she's going to school. Or how old she looks.
Now that she is in first grade, she will leave our house at 8:20am and return at 4:10. That's almost exactly EIGHT hours.
It scares me to death that she will spend the majority of her waking hours away from me.
She still is so young. So impressionable. So vulnerable. So little.
How can this be right for her? Isn't the best, safest place for her at home? Am I sending her into the big, bad world too soon?
Clearly I'm having my annual back-to-school freak out.
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I’ve been a schooling mom before, but for some reason- now that I’m sending Gen BACK to school after having her for 2 years, I am mortified at this realization too.
These girls are growing up so fast! My niece started first grade today also…no naps and she gets to eat in the “big cafeteria” with everyone else!
Freak out away…I am too. Boo starts 2nd grade next week and I am having a harder time with that than kindergarten.